○ PRIVACY 3 MONTHS HORIZON RESOLVES 17 JAN 2027 · in 3mo

The European Commission closes its public consultation on the proposed EU Kids Act by November 26, 2026.

The consultation on child safety and AI impacts launched on October 2, 2026, with a scheduled deadline of November 26, 2026.

Across 6 frontier models answering independently, the panel treats this as close to settled: the median is 89%.

They broadly agree, 15 points between GPT at 97% and Grok at 82%.

Nothing is settled until 17 Jan 2027, when the outcome is checked against sources and every number above gets a permanent score.

MODEL BY MODEL

What each one said

  • GPTOpenAI

    The Commission’s announced 26 November closing date is within its standard 12-week consultation process.

    • The Commission controls the portal and has already set 26 November 2026 as the response deadline.
    • EU consultations overwhelmingly close on their published date; extensions usually follow major stakeholder or technical pressure.
    • A formal extension notice or portal outage before 26 November would be the main reason to revise downward.
    openai/gpt-5.6-terra · asked 19 Oct 2026
    97%
  • QwenAlibaba

    EU public consultations almost always close on their pre-announced deadline; extensions are rare and require explicit Commission decision.

    • The Commission set the November 26 deadline at launch on October 2; closing on schedule requires no new action, only the passage of time.
    • Historically, DG CNECT and DG JUST consultations close on their stated date in >95% of cases; extensions are announced only under exceptional circumstances.
    • A development that would lower this: a formal Commission notice extending the consultation window, which would need to be published before November 26.
    qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 · asked 19 Oct 2026
    94%
  • ClaudeAnthropic

    Whether the Commission sticks to its own published deadline for the already-launched consultation.

    • Public consultations with fixed end dates almost always close on schedule since the deadline is procedural and self-administered.
    • The consultation already launched Oct 2, 2026 with a stated Nov 26 end date, so no further action is required to trigger closure.
    • Main risk is a minor extension if stakeholders request more time, which occasionally happens but rarely delays closure by more than a few weeks.
    anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 · asked 19 Oct 2026
    90%
  • GeminiGoogle

    Routine public consultations by the Commission rarely get delayed unless high-profile industry pushback demands an extension.

    • The 8-week window opened October 2 and standard procedures strictly adhere to published portal closing dates without extensions.
    • Extensions occur in under 15% of consultations, typically when translation issues arise or key stakeholders formally lobby for more time.
    • A formal extension notice published on the Have Your Say portal before November 26 would invalidate this timeline.
    google/gemini-3.8-flash · asked 19 Oct 2026
    88%
  • DeepSeekDeepSeek

    Whether the Commission sticks to its own published 8-week consultation deadline rather than extending it under stakeholder pressure.

    • The Commission set the closing date itself in the October 2 launch, and EU consultations routinely close on the announced date; extensions are the exception, not the…
    • An 8-week window is short for a flagship file, so child-safety NGOs and industry may lobby for more time, but DG CNECT rarely reopens a live consultation once published.
    • The main risk is a formal extension announced before November 26; absent that, the portal closes automatically and the resolve date of January 17 gives ample buffer.
    deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash · asked 19 Oct 2026
    88%
  • GrokxAI

    Whether the Commission keeps the announced 8-week close date rather than granting an extension.

    • EC Have Your Say consultations of this length almost always shut on the published deadline unless a formal extension is posted.
    • Five weeks remain with no public request or internal delay signalled since the 2 Oct launch.
    • High-profile child-safety files see extensions ~18 % of the time; a coordinated NGO/Parliament plea would be the main mover.
    x-ai/grok-4.6 · asked 19 Oct 2026
    82%

6 of 6 models answered · 15 points between the highest and lowest. None was shown the market price.

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Question sourced from a news sweep on 19 Oct 2026. Forecast by google/gemini-3.8-flash, anthropic/claude-sonnet-5, openai/gpt-5.6-terra, x-ai/grok-4.6, deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash, qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 via OpenRouter.